Percussive Maintenance

[mikailborg]

1) Need replacement VCR for occasional nostalgia and transfer of old tapes to digital.

2) Discover that no one sells VCRs at retail anymore.

3) Buy cheap used VCR off eBay. Possibly from Russia.

4) Wait for seller to ship. Seller is in no hurry.

5) VCR finally arrives. Will not accept tapes. Consider scathing eBay feedback.

6) Whack VCR a few times with heavy object. Suddenly, VCR works just fine, thank you.

7) Roll eyes, sigh, and enjoy old tapes.

Comments

[kittykatya.livejournal.com]

Weird -- I've usually had good luck getting VCRs at Best Buy. Granted, you do have to venture into the dark recesses of the store to get them...

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

I only checked online - I can see that I might have done better going in person. On the other hand, this only cost me $10. Perhaps I'll look for a better one when the budget will allow.

[trenn.livejournal.com]

I've seen them at Walmart, too, as long as you don't mind it being bundled with a cheap DVD player.

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

the traditional machine healing -the laying on of hammers.. :)

[torn757.livejournal.com]

Now from the next genereation...

"What's a VCR?"